Kona Old Blowhole Barley Wine
Kona Old Blowhole Barley Wine
Rated 3.284 by BeerPals
Brewed by Kona Brewing Company
Kailua Kona, HI, United States
Style: American Barleywine
12.5% Alcohol by Volume
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Tawny brown in color with an intense, rich, hearty malt flavor and warming characteristics. The bold maltiness is balanced by liberal amounts of hops. Aged for a minimum of seven months before being tapped each year.
ID: 12814 Last updated 18 years ago Added to database 19 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 11762 |
| Overall Percentile | 78 |
| Style Rank | 241 of 512 |
| Style Percentile | 52.9 |
| Lowest Score | 2.9 |
| Highest Score | 4.1 |
| Average Score | 3.567 |
| Weighted Score | 3.284 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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3 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
more of the english style...more malt, less hops, very dark. nice balance here, and the alcohol presence asserts itself. overall, a good, if not spactacular barleywine.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 6
02.19.05 2002 on tap at Toronado BWF Pretty dark brew but flat looking and feeling. Nice balance but nothing special. Alcohol was very present to me, especially for a 2002 beer, but that added to a nice peppery finish. It was a long day. Some peach, some citrus.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8
~2003 Batch.
Sampled at both the Kona Brewing Company brewpub on The Big Island of Hawai'i, and at the Koko Marina Pub (Kona Brewing Comapny's beer-bar in the South-Eastern corner of Oahu). Why two samples? Why, only two weren't enough to relish drinking this one!
Arrived in a smaller (9 oz, I'm guessing?) goblet, with only the most minimal flecks of foam gently resting on top of the damn-near black body. Hints of blood-red when held up to the light. An evil looking beer, this is indeed!
A little muted in the aroma -- enough to pique the senses into curosity about this beer, but nothing that would really knock you to floor in amazement. That's the job of the alcohol, which I'll discuss a little later.
But yes, this beer looks pretty damn evil -- and tastes even more so...! It's a shame that Kona doesn't do growlers, since I can easily see sipping on this while fighting the hordes of zombies and demons in "Doom 3". :)
Sturdy front-end, with a softer middle, and an almost sweet and yet filling backend. These personality shifts only highlight the truely and utterly *MASSIVE* malt bill of this beer. Like the locals who were with me on that Saturday at Kona said, "she's a sipper, alright!".
And then there's the avalanche of alcohol. In a word, this beer is no joke! A certian amount of planning and preparation is required for something like this, in that you best have a full stomache, and a few hours to kill after this..., in order to not get in trouble later on! This is especially true, since the 12.5%ABV doesn't come across as merely the equivlent of 3 "normal" beers....
A sleeping giant, that you need to respect, and drink gently. If you do, you'll be rewarded handsomely....! Recommended.
//TB
